Anticholinergic Drugs Linked To Mild Cognitive Impairment In Elderly
Wednesday, 01 February 2006
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Elderly people taking anticholinergic drugs are at risk of developing deficits in cognitive functioning, even though their risk of dementia is not increased, French researchers report.
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Good Outcomes Attainable Using Kidney Transplants From Older Donors
Friday, 27 January 2006
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Excellent long-term outcomes can be achieved using kidney transplants from donors older than 60 years of age, provided that the grafts are histologically evaluated prior to implantation, according to a report in The New England Journal of Medicine for January 26.
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Testosterone Aids Cognitive Function in Men with Memory Deficits
Thursday, 07 July 2005
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Testosterone supplementation improves spatial memory and constructional abilities in older men with Alzheimer's disease (AD) and mild cognitive impairment, according to investigators.
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Diabetic Men at Risk of Low Testosterone - Study
Monday, 13 June 2005
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Men over the age of 45 with diabetes are more than twice as likely as non-diabetic men in the age group to have low testosterone, making them susceptible to sexual dysfunction, according to a study presented on Saturday.
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Lessons Learned from the Geriatric Education for Specialty Residents Program
Thursday, 02 June 2005
BERKELEY, CA (UroToday Inc.) - In 1994, the American Geriatrics Society (AGS), with funding from the John A. Hartford Foundation, created the Geriatrics for Specialists Project.
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Non-Selective Antimuscarinic Agents that Cross the Blood Brain Barrier Are More Likely to Cause Cognitive Dysfunction in the Elderly
Thursday, 28 April 2005
BERKELEY, CA (UroToday Inc.) - Dr. Gary Kay from the Georgetown University School of Medicine and Dr. Lisa Granville from the Florida State University Medical School reviewed the medical literature to determine the published effects of antimuscarinic therapy, when used for the treatment overactive bladder (OAB), on CNS function.
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Urologists? Ability to Assess Patient Life Expectancy Suggests Need for More Education and Training
Thursday, 21 April 2005
BERKELEY, CA (UroToday Inc.) - Assessment of patient life expectancy is an important variable in considering treatment alternatives or deciding on delivery of any treatment to an individual patient for a disease process, in particular cancer.
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Tension-Free Vaginal Tape Procedures Can Be Performed Safely and Efficaciously In Women ≥ 70 Years Old
Thursday, 31 March 2005
BERKELEY, CA (UroToday Inc.) - Since the introduction of the tension-free vaginal tape (TVT) by Ulmsten and colleagues in 1996, it has become one of the most commonly performed procedures for the treatment of stress urinary incontinence (SUI).
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Preoperative Cognitive Deficits and Longer Operative Times Are Significant Risk Factors for Postoperative Acute Confusional State (ACS) in a Non-Selected Urologic Population
Wednesday, 30 March 2005
BERKELEY, CA (UroToday Inc.) - The development of postoperative delirium can be distressing to all those involved and may compromise the patient's outcome.
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Pelvic Organ Prolapse Repair is Well Tolerated and Efficacious In Women 80 Years of Age and Older
Tuesday, 22 March 2005
BERKELEY, CA (UroToday Inc.) - With increasing human longevity, undoubtedly more older women will require or request surgery to correct vaginal prolapse.
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Help-Seeking Behavior and Associated Factors of Women with Urinary Incontinence: Results of a Multi-National Survey
Monday, 21 March 2005
BERKELEY, CA (UroToday Inc.) - Although there has been increased public awareness and information regarding urinary incontinence (UI), many women with UI still find it difficult to seek medical help.
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Study Focuses on the Feasibility and Limitations of Comorbidity Measurement in Patients Undergoing Radical Prostatectomy
Tuesday, 22 February 2005
BERKELEY, CA (UroToday Inc.) - Although there are extensive studies that investigate tumor-related prognostic factors in early prostate cancer, relatively few reports are available on the prognostic significance of the concomitant disease.
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Authors Present Application of Omentum-wrapped Uretero-ureterocutaneostomy After Palliative Cystectomy
Friday, 18 February 2005
BERKELEY, CA (UroToday Inc.) - Uretro-ureterocutaneostomy (UUC) is the simplest form of incontinent urinary diversion, but it was almost abandoned worldwide when Bricker described the ileal conduit in 1952.
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An Approach to the Peri-operative Care of Fragile Patients Undergoing Cystectomy
Monday, 07 February 2005
BERKELEY, CA (UroToday Inc.) - Radical cystectomy and urinary diversion is the standard treatment approach for muscle invasive bladder cancer.
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Acute Respiratory and Urinary Tract Infections Increase the Incidence of Myocardial Infarction and Stroke
Wednesday, 02 February 2005
BERKELEY, CA (UroToday Inc.) - Studies in animals suggest that chronic inflammation may accelerate atherosclerotic disease and therefore increase the risk of a vascular event.
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